Samthar State

Samthar State
सम्थार रियासत
Princely state of British India
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Coat of arms

Samthar State in the Imperial Gazetteer of India
History
 • Established 1760
 • Accession to the Union of India 1950
Area
 • 1901 461 km2 (178 sq mi)
Population
 • 1901 33,472 
Density 72.6 /km2  (188.1 /sq mi)

Samthar State was a princely state in India during the British Raj. The state was administered as part of the Bundelkhand Agency of Central India. Its capital was Samthar town, located in a level plain in the Bundelkhand region crossed by the Pahuj and the Betwa rivers.

History

Samthar was formerly known as Samshergarh. Samthar State was an independent principality governed by Gurjars of the Khatana clan who had migrated from Rajasthan. The independent state of Samthar was created by Chandrabhan Vir Gujar and his grandson Madan Singh, governors of the state of Datia.[1] After India's independence in 1947, the Maharaja of Samthar acceded unto the Dominion of India, which later merged with the Union of India. Samthar, together with the rest of the Bundelkhand agency, became part of the new state of Vindhya Pradesh in 1950. In 1956, Vindhya Pradesh state was merged with other territories to form the state of Madhya Pradesh within the Union of India.

Rulers

The rulers of Samthar State had the right to an 11 gun salute.[2] They bore the title 'Maharaja' after 1877, when Chhatar Singh distinguished himself as an able administrator.[3]

Rajas

Maharajas

References

  1. ↑ National Information Center, Jhansi. "Samthar".
  2. ↑ Samthar Princely State (11 gun salute)
  3. ↑ Princely States of India

Coordinates: 25°51′N 78°55′E / 25.850°N 78.917°E / 25.850; 78.917


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